All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
It was a call that I’d been dreading – last Thursday, Jeremy Hosking rang to say he’d had enough and was withdrawing his offer to buy Kinloch Castle on Rum.
There was only one Corran proposal on the table at the Highland Council meeting on the 11th May 2023, and all us local Cllrs supported it. It was for the maximum £50 million bid to the Westminster Levelling Up Fund.
The Highlands is becoming the home to a significant percentage of Britain’s green energy needs. Even before wind, our post war hydro dams made the Highlands 100% self sufficient in electricity.
A gorgeous castle on a Hebridean island with a world class sea view and a decent skelp of land for sale at possibly as little as a £1. Tempted?
I am a Highland Councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan but I write on behalf of all West Highlanders, there are few of any political persuasion who would not support my request below.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the decision by Scottish Water to delay publication of key figures on the number of sewage dumps that took place last year until after the election looks like “a stinking cover up.”
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to Elite Falconry in Fife to say that the more MSPs that Scottish Liberal Democrats gain at the forthcoming election the louder the voice of rural Scotland.
Responding to the news that ministers have scrapped ferry failure fines paid by CalMac when ferry performance drops, Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Argyll & Bute Alan Reid said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain has today used a visit to Craigies farm near Edinburgh to set out her party’s plans for helping farmers to flourish, including increasing food self-sufficiency by 10% to reduce Scotland’s exposure
Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to a climbing wall in Edinburgh to urge voters voting by post to reach for the Scottish Liberal Democrats on the peach regional ballot paper, saying that more Scottish Liberal Democrat MSPs will get more good thin
Commenting on the Institute for Fiscal Studies response to today's SNP manifesto launch, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Jamie Greene said:
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.